Finding Opportunity; In the America’s with the assistance of American’sRedBirch Development, a business & professional services consulting firm, is uniquely positioned to guide Capital Equipment OEM's seeking business in North America.With a primary focus in the Process & Packaging industries, RBD provides a step-by-step introduction to market pipelines through a variety of escalating strategies & planned objectives~ incorporate today, or begin with sales distribution? … but with whom, and how to validate?~ what are the costs?, how long will the process take?~ is the financial environment advantageous?RBD offers targeted experience and industry knowledge to recommend, guide and implement the next steps in your firms process, whether committed to immediate expansion, testing market response or exploring future opportunities;RBD understands your OEM business sector & its relationship to;~ your ‘customers’ manufacturing needs: Food, Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Specialty brands~ your ‘customers client’ needs: Grocery, On-Line, Mass Merchant & Drug channelsBeginning a business in the United States can be complicated, RBD guides your firm through …~ Legal: incorporation, taxation laws, compliance, banking, accounting & visa’s,~ sourcing experienced legal & accounting partners- working in your native language, with offices in your firms country to guide critical decisions,~ Operational: business plan development, proposal & contract development, currency contracts, shipping & importation, US employment issues,~ Cross-cultural communications: experienced insight, face to face support with clients & employment issues and presentation development,~ Technical: development of machine support, spare parts, design, integration, & training programs

Reporting to the President and Board of Directors, responsible for the Packaging Systems Group business unit, to include; P&L, budgets, strategic global OEM relationships (located throughout Europe and Japan) & their associated North American market development and near & long term growth planning.Daily oversight included the writing of OEM contracts, client proposals & presentations, FX currency forward & related contracts and America's engineering & sales efforts. Authored OEM contracts, client proposals & presentations.Extensive domestic and international travel.Targeted sector; processing & packaging capital equipment projects providing complete engineered solutions & project management services throughout the America's, where typical projects ranged from US$500,000~US$2MM.Managed key global clients, negotiated critical deals and was company's 'Face-to-Industry' as SME conference speaker.Member of IFTPS and a longtime PMMI member.

subsidiary of Yamato Scale Co., LTD, Akashi, JapanDual management roles, reporting to the President.* Product, Sales & Marketing ManagerComplete North American category/ product line responsibilities, to include product development, sales, marketing & product management.Product development, managing the re-engineering of alpha model Japanese engineered product line (mechanical, electrical & software machine design) for acceptance within US and European markets. Liaison between Japanese R&D and US/ European subsidiary sales, marketing and global development groups. Managed domestic US engineering structure & Japanese ex-pat engineering staff.Successfully managed complete product evolution/ subsidiary development in North America targeting sales to key industry accounts developing peripheral sales program & solution management direct to end user. Created consumer product channels successfully targeting Fortune 100 clientele. Average CM surpassed company core product levels.Product sales management responsibilities included managing direct sales & OEM channel partner development, marketing efforts, strategies & implementation of new product into North American markets.* OEM Sales ManagerManaged North American Dataweigh® product line new business development; pre-made pouch segment focus. Developed and managed new OEM channel partner base in high growth market channel.Developed specific industry market channels via key account development to support & improve core product market position.Extensive domestic and international travel.

subsidiary of Atoma Wägetechnik GmbH, Germany